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  • "Rekindling your passion"

    As people, we should be passionate about our vocation. Webster's Dictionary defines passion as, "A state of feeling or a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and

  • Women's History Month: Celebrating a culture of equality

    As we enter March and begin to recognize Women's History Month throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community, I'd like to take a moment to talk about an Air Force pioneer who passed away a few weeks ago. Retired Maj. Gen. Jeanne M. Holm, credited as the single driving force in achieving equality

  • Spiritual Readiness: How Chaplains Care for Families

    Readiness - It's a concept we use every day. "Get ready for school." "Get ready for work." "Get ready for the next Operational Readiness Inspection." To determine our level of readiness we often look at multiple indicators to evaluate it against a set of prescribed rules or directives. Yet spiritual

  • Are You Ready?

    Fitness is a way of life; we must incorporate fitness into our daily regimens and establish an environment for our members to maintain physically fit and maintain healthy lifestyles in order to meet mission requirements. The Fitness Assessment is the primary vehicle we use to determine the fitness

  • Washington's Birthday recognizes leaders past, present

    George Washington's Birthday is a federal holiday celebrated the third Monday in February, taking place Feb. 15 this year. With the holiday comes a three-day weekend for some Sabers, Presidents' Day consumer sales in the U.S. and an overall curiosity of why the car dealer on the side of the road is

  • Real life part two: making a smoke-free me last

    You may not know who I am, but I'm sure you can relate to me in some way. Almost everyone knows a smoker. I could be your neighbor, child, significant other, co-worker or friend. I recently shared with you my decision to be a quitter. They say quitters never win, but I think I may this time.Kicking

  • Fit, focused and fighting for what's right - legally speaking

    All members of the 39th Air Base Wing should be fit, focused and fighting for what's right, and your legal office is here to help make that happen. Being fit for duty extends well beyond physical fitness. In the legal context, all Airmen should have their personal affairs in order so they can be

  • What Airmen need to know about the new fitness standards

    By now, all Airmen have probably heard about the new physical training standards and testing procedures, but based on some of the conversations I've overheard in the gym, there still seems to be some confusion about the subject. So, here are the facts and what you need to know about how this affects

  • Real life part one: breaking the habit

    With every New Year change comes, and people make their New Year's resolutions. In my experience, every New Year's resolution I have made has been an epic failure by the time February or March rolls around. This year, though, I have decided to try again.I recently entered a new decade of my life,

  • Inspire others

    It is more difficult than ever to keep our Airmen and families motivated in today's high operational environment. We expect more from our Airmen at work and more from our families at home and in school. Everyday presents a new challenge with less people, less funding and an ever growing to-do list.